Box and method of making the same



L BINDER; BOX AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAYI8,'1920.

Patented May 22, 1922.

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LOUIS BINDER, OF NEWARK, NEW J BOX AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

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Application filed May 18,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Louis BINDER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes and Methods of lilaking the Same,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved box adapted for use as a box for cigars and like articles, the box being made of thick cardboard andso assembled as to make it cheap to make and also strong enough to thoroughly withstand ordinary usage so as to prevent any danger to the contents.

The invention relates to a box of the kind described in which the structure of the box is such as to prevent inward movement of the front and back, which are the longer vertical walls, and also inward movement of the top and bottom of the box, so that the box is capable, as a cardboard box, of withstanding-excessive pressure, especially when the contents, such as cigars, are pressed into the box by pressure applied to the outside of the box so that the lid is forced to a closed position.

The invention further consists in the method of making the box so as to provide a box capable of being used in the manner described. i

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a perspective View of a box made according to my invention with the lid opened. Figure 2 is a face view of the blank from which the body of the box is made. Figure 3 is a cross-section of the .box blank with its sides bent up. Figure lis a similar view showing the bottom as pushed into the box a slight distance. Figure 5 is a detail perspective on line in Figure 4. Figure 6 is a top view of the corner of the part of the box shown in Figure and Figure 7 is a cross-section of the box similar to Figure 4, but illustrating the lid in place and a paper covering secured to the outside of the box proper.

The body of the box is preferably made of one piece, and the blank is shown in Figure 2 having the central portion 10, which forms the bottom of the box, and wings extending therefrom, one of the wings 11, when bent up, forming the rear side of the box, the part 12 forming the front Wall or side of the box, and the wings 13 and 14 forming the ends of the box.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ma 2a, 1922.

1920. Serial No. 382,212.

.I use very stiff cardboard which does not bend without opening up a gap on the outer edgeof the fold, this cardboard being approximately one-eighth of an inch thick, and when folded, the or openings 15 shown 1n Figure 3 are formed. To avoid the necessity of fillingthese corners, and making the box not only stronger, but more economical, 1 apply-pressure to the bottom, usually all over the. surface, but at least along all of its edges, to force the bottom up between the sides 11 and 12, and preferably in far enough so that the bottom face of the box is substantially flush with the bottom edges of the sides.

When bent, the cardboard does not break, but the bent portions are connected by a strip 16 which, when the bottom is pressed upward, isfolded in, as at 17 in Figure l, this permitting no breaks at the joints and be ing adapted to make a tight box, so that there is nochance of evaporation or drying up of the contents. V

The two ends 13 and 1st are folded up and rest-against the ends of the sides 11 and 12, but I prefer to make these ends as long as the distance between the top of the walls 11 and 12 and the top face of the bottom when it is in its inset or retracted position, these end walls then being pressed inward, as shown in Figures 5 and 6, the connecting webor strip 16 being folded in as shown at 18 in Figure 5, the ends of these end walls, as 19, fitting against the inner faces of the sides 11 and 12. \lVhen the box is thus conformed, the parts are preferably covered with a paper cover 20. usually pasted both on the inside andoutside of the box, and, being secured to the box by adhesive, holds the parts against outward movement and the sides of the box do not spread. The paper can be suitably ornamented, in the case of cigar boxes being usually printed as an imitation of wood.

The cover 21 is mace so as to extend at least to the edges of the vertical walls of the box proper and to rest thereon, and is provided with a sheet on its inner face, the sheet 22 fitting snugly within the vertical walls of the box, the lid being usually held by a suitable hinge 23 of the ordinary type, which in practice is made by pasting a strip of strong fabric to both the box and the lid.

Boxes of this kind are well adapted for use as cigar boxes, because on account of the high cost and the rarity of cedar a box of this kind is desirable as to its cost, but

must be made to withstand the same strains as a Wooden box.

When the cigars are put intoa box they are of such bulk as to prevent the closing of the lid to a point beyond about halfway toward a closed position. The lids are then usually pressed down by hand until they are nearly shut, and then many boxes are assembled and pressed into a press and subjected to pressure to force the lids shut tight. The pressure necessary to bring this about is great, and an ordinary cardboard box collapses under such pressure. I have, how ever, with this improved form of box, made of one-eighth inch stock, subjected a single box to a pressure of over 2200 pounds without any damage to the box whatever. This is due to the fact that heavy cardboard resists longitudinal pressure, and the pressure on the lid is taken up by the walls 11 and 12 and 1.8 and 14; endwise. Inward pressure on the long sides, that is, the front and back 11 and 12, is resisted successfully because for their entire lengths these sides hear at the top against the sheet 22 of the lid, and at the bottom bear against the front and back edges of the bottom 10 of the box proper. The bottom is held against inward movement as it rests against the edges of the sides 13 and 14.

The lid is also provided, in the preferred form of box, with a marginal flange 21 which, when the lid is closed, extends down around the outside of the ends and ofthe front side of the box, thus providing a space or a groove between the sheet 22 and the flange 21, this groove receiving the top edges of the ends and front side of the box proper. 7

Cardboard boxes used as cigar boxes heretofore have beenunsuccessful because pressure on the front and back wallsll and 12 is not successfully. resisted and a slight bulge in these walls destroys the cigars as the pressure on the ends of the cigars causes them I to crack.

In my present form of box, due to the reasons heretofore enumerated, all the walls successfully withstand any tendency to press them inward and the joints of the box proper are tight and the cigars in the box do not dry out. Another advantage of this form of lid is that when the boxes have been forced shut by the excessive pressure, the lid is fastened down, in the. case of a'wooden box, by a small tack at the center.

I may employ similar means, but I prefer to provide a fastening in the form of a clasp 2 which snaps onto a button on the top face ofthe lid, but irrespective of the fastening means used, the corners of a wooden box, that is, the corners of the front, are very often, when released from the pressure, pushed up by the cigars so that at the corners of the b x, at the front, there are openings made, by reason of this warping of the lid, which permit the escape of moisture from the box and the cigars become brittle and very often lose their flavor.

In my improved box, even if such slight warping takes place, the liability of the box being even partly opened is removed, because the lids never bend sufliciently to let any part of the front edge of the sheet 22 ride above the top edgeof the front wall 12.

It will be understood that the box can be made of different forms and of different sizes without departing from the scope of my invention.

I claim:

LA box made of thick cardboard and having its bottom, sides and ends formed of one piece, the bottom being inset between the sides, and the ends being inset between the sides and resting on the'bottom.

A box made of thick cardboard and having its bottom, sides and ends formed of one piece, the bottom being inset between the sides, and the ends beinginset between the sides and resting on the bottom, and a lid to cover the top edges of. the sides and ends and having a projecting sheet to fit between the sides, whereby the sheet. and the bottom brace the sides against inward movement, and whereby the ends brace the lid and bottom against inward movement.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereto set my hand, this 18th day of May, 1920.

LOUIS BINDER. 

